[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by John Doe

Here is the median total incomes in Canada in 2013 (the most recent data I could find):

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tabl...il108a-eng.htm

Here is a list of salaries of teachers in Canada in 2013:

http://www.bctf.ca/uploadedfiles/pub...13-14brief.pdf

There are 4 lists, each comparing minimum and maximum salaries of teachers in two different categories. If you rank the teachers' salaries in respect to the median incomes for each province (e.g.: Alberta minimum salary of Category 5 teacher ($61,333)/Median Alberta Income ($97,390) = 63.0%), Alberta teachers rank 9th out of 10 in 3 of the lists and 10th in the other (note: I didn't include the Territories).

Yes, Alberta teachers make more money than teachers do in any of the other provinces. However, they make less compared to the rest of the citizens of the province than do most of the other teachers in Canada. If you want to bitch about how much teachers in Alberta make then you should be prepared to bitch about how much everyone else in Alberta makes too.

Maybe you can explain the relevance because I don't see it.

Its equivalent to a 7-11 clerk bitching that he's underpaid because a welder makes 5 times as much as him.

The comparison of teachers across the provinces is pretty relevant.